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The Plague (in English)
Camus, Albert ; Marris, Laura
Synopsis "The Plague (in English)"
"We can finally read the work as Camus meant it to be read. Laura Marris's new translation of The Plague is, quite simply, the translation we need to have." --Los Angeles Review of Books The first new translation of The Plague to be published in the United States in more than seventy years, bringing the Nobel Prize winner's iconic novel (A redemptive book, one that wills the reader to believe, even in a time of despair. --The Washington Post) to a new generation of readers. The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation, and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. Each person responds in their own way to the lethal disease: some resign themselves to fate, some seek blame, and a few, like Dr. Rieux, resist the terror. An immediate triumph when it was published in 1947, The Plague is in part an allegory of France's suffering under the Nazi occupation, as well as a timeless story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence. In this fresh yet careful translation, award-winning translator Laura Marris breathes new life into Albert Camus's ever-resonant tale. Restoring the restrained lyricism of the original French text, and liberating it from the archaisms and assumptions of the previous English translation, Marris grants English readers the closest access we have ever had to the meaning and searing beauty of The Plague. This updated edition promises to add relevance and urgency to a classic novel of twentieth-century literature.
Albert Camus (Mondovi hoy Dréan, Argelia francesa, 7 de noviembre de 1913-Villeblevin, Francia, 4 de enero de 1960) fue un novelista, ensayista, dramaturgo, filósofo y periodista francés nacido en la Argelia francesa. Su pensamiento se desarrolla bajo el influjo de los razonamientos filosóficos de Schopenhauer, Nietzsche y el existencialismo alemán.
Se le ha atribuido la conformación del pensamiento filosófico conocido como absurdismo, si bien en su texto «El enigma» el propio Camus reniega de la etiqueta de «profeta del absurdo». Se le ha asociado frecuentemente con el existencialismo, aunque Camus siempre se consideró ajeno a él.2 Pese a su alejamiento consciente con respecto al nihilismo, rescata de él la idea de libertad individual.
Formó parte de la resistencia francesa durante la ocupación alemana, y se relacionó con los movimientos libertarios de la posguerra. En 1957 se le concedió el Premio Nobel de Literatura por «el conjunto de una obra que pone de relieve los problemas que se plantean en la conciencia de los hombres de la actualidad».
